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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-11-17

President McCosh has resigned the
presidency of Princeton College on
account of his age.
The reported marriage of Clara
Louise Kellogg to Carl Strakosch is
confirmed.
Harry Garfield, son of the late
President Garfield, is attending lee
lures on law and political science at
Oxford University.
While Jefferson Davis was the
guest of the citizens of Macon, Ga,
they presented to him IA bottles of
brandy, "a bottles of whisky, 3
bottles of gin, II boxes of cigars, A
cases of champagne and n bottles of
other wines, besides half gallon of
olive oil and one jug of Curacao.
Mr.. & Mrs. Levi P. Morton sailed
for Europe on Saturday.
Lieut.. Col. Chas. A. REYNOLDS,
Deputy Quartermaster General, has
been placed on the retired list on his
own application, after thirty years of
service.
Col. Robert G. Ingersol was in Bos-
ton Saturday attending an important
hearing before Thos. Savage, Esq. Of
Master appointed by the Supreme
Court of Illinois.
Cyrus w. Field, Jr., has bought
twenty acres of land at Williamstown
Mass. and will erect q handsome
stone residence thereon.
Marriage Of Senator HawIey!
Senator Joseph X. Hawley of Connec.
ticut was married Tuesday in Philadel
phia to Miss Edith Horner of England
who has been for several years one of the
head nurses at the Blockley hospital il
that city,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-11-17
WAsHINGToN,


That one of the greatest of all of the
cities built by the Buddhists in the east
should have been forgotten and lost in
the depths of trackless forest for LOCO
years is q fact that lays powerful hold
on the imagination. Readers of Mr..
Ferguson and Sir Emerson Fennent have
heard something of the architectural Won
ders of Anuradhapura the ancient "city
Of granite, in the island of Ceylon, and
Of the unparalleled immunity of its struc-
lures and rich monumental remains from
the ravages Of the spoiler and the religious
fanatic.
Since they wrote great progress has
been made In the way of clearing the
jungle. Mr.. Burrows, who has lately
visited the city, gives in Macmillan's
Magazine q remarkable account of the
progress made in local archaeological re-
searches since this marvellous record of
the past was accidentally rediscovered.
The ruins at present disclosed are de-
scribed as already extending for q dis
lance of at least four miles by two and q
half. The wonderful Cingalese palace,
supposed to have been built about the
commencement of the Christian era, of
which Mr.. Burrows gives an elaborate
description, was discovered only last year
So far the clearings and excavations are
stated to yield results which entirely
agree with the most authentic account
extant from an eye witness of ancient
Anuradhapura-the Chinese traveller, Fla
Han, who visited it in the early part of
the Fifth century. Chicago Times.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-11-17

There are two tiers Of boxes, the lower
of which is provided with sliding paper
doors, forming small rooms like bathing
machines. The pit Is divided by low
cross bars into squares, reminding one OF
the cattle pens of old Smithfield ench
capable Of holding four persons comfort
ably. A Japanese family bent upon EN-
joyment engages compartment for the
day In a position suited to the purse-in
the middle Of the house il well to do,
nearer TO the stage or to the back accord
ing to the scarcity of coin and, having
deposited clogs In the yestiaire take up a
position with cushions, kettle, tea things,
smoking tray, and never move till mid
| night, except to pay visits to friends. A
Japanese theatrical performance COM
mences generally at early dawn and lasts
q dozen hours
The stage occupies the end of the build
ing from wall TO wall. Oddly, the actors
do not make their appearance from the
side or back there are no WINGS, but strut
| along narrow platform over the heads Of
the pit by means Of just such boarded
| footway as Is used by European conjurcrs
| Faithful to the canon of no illusion, the
performers stand ready dressed IN an open
place or the entrance lobby, where all
who come In may see them; when they
hear their cue they push through knot
of loterers and march to the stage along
the platform, acting us they go. Indeed,
important portions Of scene which de-
mands rapid exit are frequently gone
through upon this narrow footway and
not on the stage at all; and the effect is
apt to be unintentionally comic, when a
small Tarquin is seen staggering along
under full blown Lucrcce, while the
stationary chorus from their distant cor
ner are entreating him to respect her vir-
tue.-Murray's Magazine.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-11-17
A snes1x Thicf's Dodge.

A new dodge in the workingman in dis
tress line. A keen eyed fellow, with a
most villainous expression, halted mo OF 3
in the merning in Madison square and de-
manded, civilly enough, il did not want to
buy his coat-which garment he proceeded
to strip of when stopped him. He was
q bookkeeper out Of a job, he said. In
spite OF his sinister and forbidding face
was on the point Of giving him the price
Of his lodgings when he gave shout and
started at dead run over grass and seats.
He had caught sight of an approaching
park policeman. The officer told me he
Ind halted a number Of persons with the
same plea as he had made to me and the
same offer and had got money from several.
Hes a sneak thief, just down from
Sing Sing" said the officer. Didn't you
notice how short his hair was and how
yellow his complexions'
Here are signs by which you may know
Sing Sings pensioners, it seems.-Alfred
Trumble in New York News.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-11-17
OBITUARY.

Susan A. Marsh Barker Hobart,
whose death was published last week,
was a native of Andover. Col. Syl-
vanus L. Marsh was her father.
They lived on the farm now owned
and occupied by Mrs. Hobart's broth
er, P. 7. Marsh. Susan's early days
were spent with her parents. When
quite young she attended school in
the school house then standing on the
hill north of their home. When she
was about 16 years of age a new
school district was granted and a
school established in the kitchen of
Ebbin Farnsworth, house standing
where Philo Fuller now lives. We
knew Susan previous to this, but
from this time onward we learned
more of her worth, as a student and
a person of good, moral character.
When not in school her time was de-
voted to some industry which told for
good to herself or those around her.
She first sought her duty, and when
once made plain, endeavored to exc
cute. She early united with the
Baptist church, thinking it her duty
to do so. She was first united in
marriage with DIR. Ephraim Barker,
native of Chester and for many
years they lived, and he practiced
medicine, in Londonderry. By him
she had daughter and son. Some
time after the death of DR.. Barker
she was united in marriage with Mr..
Geo. Hobart, native of London
derry, and lived in the same house
where the doctor and Mrs. B. for
merly resided.
Remembering Mrs. Hobart in hel
youth and more mature age, it is not
unexpected when we learn she was 8
kind and faithful wife and mother, 8
pleasant genial neighbor, highly es.
teemed by those who had the pleasure
of her acquaintance. The family
have the sincere sympathy of the
writer.
WASHINGTON.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-11-17

The New Hampshire House of rep
resentatives passed bill raising the
age of protection for girls to fourteen.
The honorable senate put their heads
together over it, and decided that that
was too old. They amended" the bill
so as to read thirteen, and sent it
back to the house, which was obliged
to accept the amendment or lose the
whole bill. Every such occurrence
emphasizes the need of woman suf.
frage; and some indignant New
Hampshire mothers are writing to say
so. Does any one suppose that those
representative would have put TIL,
age as low as fourteen, or that thos,
senators would have voted to put i
still lower, II they had been response
BILE, not only to the men, but also t.
| the mothers of the Granite State?
Vermont journal.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-11-17
AN OLD INDIAN FIeH
Horrifying Goodness With Whic
the Details of the Death Of I

Horrifying CoOInoss With Whic
the Details of the Death Of
suppose soldier In bsttle '.t r-ra
knows that he has actually 81
but one of these old Indian fighters sits
down after dinner, over pipe, and re-
lates to you with quite horrifying GOODNESS
every detail Of the death which his rifle
and his sure eyes dealt to an Indian; and
when this one, stroking meanwhile the
head OF little hoy, who was standing at
his knees, described to me how he lay on
the grass and took aim at tall chief, who
was, In the moonlight, trying to steal a
boat from party of gold seekers, and
how, at the crack of his rifle, the Indian
fell his whole length in the boat and never
stirred again, confess was dumb with
amazement. The tragedy had not even
the dignity of an event in a mans life.
He shot Indians as he ate his dinner,
plainly as a mere matter of course; nor
was he brute, but a kindly, honest good
fellow, not in the least bloodthirsty,
One of these very Indian fighters is
now sitting before me. ! have been &C.
Quainted with him for years, and know
him to be good, kind hearted man, and
the idol Of the little curly heads who
all rs imagined murderer would look;
he is dignified as well as good hearted-in
tact, there is nothing different in his ap-
pearance and manner from those Of any
other well meaning citizen. And yet he
has just been telling me, with slight,
satisfied smile playing over his lips as he
spoke, how he once hanged an Indian and
again how he cut the throat of another.
A. u
must acknowledge that he makes me
shudder; but as we think over the matter
wonder all the same-and yet in the
south, and all over the sea- have looked
upon some strange. sad scenes, in which
blood was not wanting Am l Disguised
when he tells me how he once cut steak
with his bowie knife out of an old Indian;
Yes-but there he stands before me, and
must say that he does not ut all look
like butcher.-A. G. Tassin in Overland
Monthly.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-11-17
General News--Sifted.

The works of the Buffalo Uphols-
terry Company were burned on Sat
urlay loss more than 100000.
There was a 100000 fire at ST.
Peter, Mimi, Saturday night.
The incipient State of Dakota has
the handsome sum of $4,000, 900 in
vested in school property.
Fire at Memphis Friday destroyed
$4,000 bales of cotton, covering a
loss of more than $3.50, 900.
Unofficial returns fro m every coun-
ty in Ohio give Foraker plurality
Of "a 1853.
The city of Liverpool is making
arrangements for water supply on
stupendous scale. A whole village
in Wales, including woods, cottages,
churches, etc., is to be removed to
afford space for reservoir four and
half miles long by half mile to a
mile broad and eighty feet deep.
There will be three lines of pipe,
each 6S miles long, with filtering beds
and secondary reservoirs. The az
ueduct alone will cost $4,000, 900,
and it will be finer thing than Rome
ever dreamed of.
A. S. Hatch & Co., New York
brokers, well known in Vermont,
have failed with estimated liabilities
of 1000, 900.
According to the San Francisco
Alta the Chinese are very practical
in their religious ideas. If god
whose business it is to bring rain
overdoes it aud causes deluge, they
take him out of the Joss house and
set him down in the shower. If this
fails to make him dry up they go tc
the extremity of towing him behind
a boat in the river to convince hin
that too much of good thing is as
bad as too little.
Almost the entire town of Hayes
vile, KAN, was burned Sunday
night, it is supposed by burglars
The loss is $50, 900.
There was a desperate fight il
Trafalgar Square, London, on Sun
day, between four thousand police
men and about one hundred Thousand
people, who sought to hold publi'
meeting there. The police, aided b.
the military, finally dispersed tn
crowd. During the melee two hun
dred of the mob and forty policemen
: were wounded.
A portion of the Brownell slat
quarry at Granville, N. Y, fell il
Sunday about 3 o'clock p. m. Tn
| damage is about $4,000. Had it hap
pened on working day the loss o
) life would have been large. Peopl
heard the noise for miles around, an
many visited the scene after the &C
cident occurred.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-11-17

Mathew Cain committed suicide at
West Rutland, Thursday, by taking
paris green in glass of cider.
Plymouth church society (Beechers
church), has called Rev. Chas. A.
Berry of Wolverhampton, Eng, tc
fill the pulpit at salary of $4,000
per annum.
The Producers Marble Company
of Rutland has issued a circular sta
ting that it will be dissolved on Jan,
|.
Within a week three old men have
died in Bradford-Reuben Nj. Kent,
aged "a years; Edwin Fuller, Sc
and Joshua G cry, SO.
The granite industry at Barre en-
ploys 1882 men.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-11-17
SCYTHE SONG.

Stalwart mowers. brown and 1.-the,
Over summer meads abloom,
WELDING fast the whispering scythe,
Where is all tic IA perfumes
Breathes it yet liz lender gloom,
Soft through hades' twilight airs
Where hath summertide her tomb?
Hush, the scythe says, where, ali wherel
Comes the long blade cleaning cold
Where the garden ground is spread
Rays Of pearl on crowns OF gold,
Dainty daisies, white and red!
Danes that DER them once would tread,
Damsels blithe and debonair,
Where is oil your sweetness fed!
Hush, the scythe says. where, ali wherei
Time! who tak'st and giv'st again
All things bitter, some things sweet,
Must we follow, all in vain
Follow still those phantom feeti
Is there not some grass grown street,
Some old, yew-begirt parterre,
Where our dreams and we may meet!
Hush, the scythe says, where, ah where:
-Longman's
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-11-17

How long shall America throw o.
pen the doors of her republican insti-
buttons to the Adulamites of all ma
tons, who, when once entered, strive
to tear down the fair edifice? For the
last ten days public meetings have
been held in nearly all our cities to
give forth expressions Of sympathy
for the condemned anarchist, and in
many instances violent and incendia-
~ speeches have been made. In
rare cases only have native Ameri-
cans participated in these meetings
but, on the contrary, they have been
held by a dastardly foreign element
that has entered the American house
hold, seemingly, for the purpose of
despoiling it of it's richest treasures,
and pulling down the fair edifice that
has sheltered them from European
despotism. 1t is not strange, under
these circumstances that intelligent
citizens begin to inquire, how long
shall we submit to this? How long
shall our doors be thrown wide open
to these serpents whose sting is
death?
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-11-17

"Do you know how that trick Of smok-
ing under water is done?' asked show
man the other day. you'll see it tried
In the swimming;tanks. 1t looks strange,
l admit to zee nan go under water
with lighted cigar In his mouth, smoke
calmly at the bottom. and come to the
surface with the cigar burning as nicely
as If he were smoking in his easy chair.
1t is trick, but it requires practice.
used to be quite proficient at it. Just al
l threw myself backward to go down,
would flip the cigar end for end with my
tongue and upper lip and get the lighted
end in my mouth, closing my lips water
tight around it. A little slippery elm
juice gargled before going in prevents
any accidental burning of the mouth
Going slowly down backward, l would
lie at full length on the bottom Of the
tank and blow smoke through the cut emo
Of the cigar. Just as reached the sur
face again another flip reversed the cigar
and there ] was smoking calmly. The re
yersing is done so quickly that nobody no
tees it. "-Philadelphia Call.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-11-17
Only $1.2j.

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Remember this means strictly in adj
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Remember this only applies to Yer
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ures to persons without the state.
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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-11-17

All day, all night, can hear the jar
OF the loom of life, and near and far
1t thrills with its deep and mufiled sound,
As tireless the wheels go always round.
Busily, ceaselessly goes the loom,
In the light of day and midnight gloom.
The wheels are turning early and late
And the wool is wound in the warp of
fate.
Click, clack there's thread of love
wove M
Click, clack another of wrong and sin!
What u checkered thing this live will be
When we see 1t un rolled in eternity!
Time, with face like mystery,
And hands as busy as hands can be,
Sits at the loom with arms outspread
To catch in its meshes each glancing
thread
When shall this wonderful web be done?
In thousand years, perhaps in one.
Or tomorrow. Who knoweth? Not you
or l;
But the wheels turn on and the shuttles
fly.
All, sad-eyed weavers, the years are slow,
But each one is nearer to the end, know
And some day the last thread shall be
woven in
God grant it be love instead of sin.
Are we spinners of wool in this life-wet
say?
DO we furnish the weaver thread each
day?
1t were better, then, o, my friend, to spin
A beautiful thread than thread of sin!
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-11-17
Two Bustles that were wonderfully
built and looked queer.
New York Telegram.

New York Telegram.
at does not take much experience to
guess when woman is trying to smuggle
goods past us" said Mrs. Morgan, one of
the woman inspectors. IF they try to
look unconcerned they overdo it, but gen.
orally they are persons who have been to
Europe on like missions before, and their
nervousness gives them away, to use rath-
er a slangy expression, They found more
trouble in getting their goods through last
spring than ever before, but thought they
would try some new devices and were
nervous about it, The lady whom have
particularly in mind brought only about
half dozen trunks, the contents of most
of which were duly declared, but in one
were articles of a description that could
by design, and then looked her straight
in the eyes. She colored, and as l ran
my eyes over her, suppose, with rather
stern expression, she fairly collapsed.
| noticed how badly her hustle sat and
how singularly her skirts draped. When
my eyes met hers again she knew she was
detected, and followed me to stateroom
without remonstrance told her she must
be searched and she disrobed."
"Without protest." was asked.
"Well, hardly" said Mrs. Morgan will
smile. She first said that it was worth
500 to let her GO Then, seeing me grow
angry, she said she would make it $40.
When | angrily told her to disrobe SHE
sat down on berth and pretended to gel
angry herself, saying: "You are trying tc
make me give more" When | convinced
her that she must be searched she submit
ted, although she was twice as large as
and one by one the clothes came off Hel
skirts We're made heavy by festoons OF
lace and trimmings. Her hustle was homo
made for the occasion. Its substantial
part consisted of nearly 20 yards of splen
did silk, heavily embroided in gold thread
There were several pieces composing
this silk, and between the pieces and il
the folds were ia yards of lace of various
costly varieties. Then came several box.
es of silk dress protectors and boxes OF
French hooks and eyes Some of the lat
ter had been declared baggage, and these
few boxes had probably been left out b,
mistake. A big mistake it was, for they
furnished the weight which turned tn,
hustle awry and led to the discovery.
Thd whole arrangement weighed abou
10 pounds'and was worth nearly $40Ot
dutable value. The young woman sait
she was milliner, and had been bringin.
in goods every trip without difficulty.
"I'll tell about hustle / found sale
Miss McQuesney. sit was two beautiful
ly polished and mounted horns, and insid
of each of them were IA cigars, which
must have been the best, for each wa
wrapped in silver foil. l suspected it be
cause the hustle did not fit-set straigh
you know-and when | touched it l knew
it was crooked.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-11-17
STATE OF VERMONT.
BY EBENEZER J. ORMsBEE, GOVERNOR.
A PROCLAMATION!
The granite indust
ploys 1882 men.

BY EBENEZER J. oRMsBEE, GOVERNOR
A PROCLAMATION.
TO the end that revercd custom may be con
tinued, do hereby appoint THURSDAY, the
2ith day of November, A. ID, 1887, as a day OF
public thanksgiving and praise to Almighty
God for his continued and numberless blessinge
and mercies.
And hereby enjon upon all the people OF
this state, that that day they assemble in then
accustomed places of worship, and gather at the
family altar, and there make humble, devou,
prayer, and join In reverent and grateful praise
to our heavenly father.
Let us upon this occasion supplicate peace and
prosperity to state and nation; peace without HUI
initiation or loss of proper dignity or self re
spect and prosperity based upon strict obser
vance of taat constitutional declaration, "a firm
| adherence to Justice, moderation, temperance
industry and frugality."
And AS the day approaches, let there be indi
| vidual thought and Inquiry as to the wants and
| sufferings of the poor and unfortunate among us
| and make 1t the time and occasion of minister
ing to these wants, and alleviating such suffer
ings according to our means and ability--tha
there may be "no complaining in our streets"
Given under my hand and the seal of the STATE
in the executive chamber at Brandon
this twenty eighth day of October
L. ST. A. ID. 1887. and the independence o.
the Uuited States tie one hundred
and twelfth.
EBENEZER J. ORNsBEE.
| By the Governor:
| FLETCHER ID. PROCTOR,
Secretary of Civil and Military Affairs.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-11-17
WHAT AM / TO DO?

The symptoms of Biliousness are I'M
happily but too well known. They differ
in different individuals to some extent. A
Bilious man is seldom a breakfast eater.
Too frequently, alas, he has an excellent
appetite for liquids but none for solids of
morning. His tongue will hardly bear
inspection at any time; if it is not white
and furred, it is rough, at all events.
The digestive system is wholly out of
order and Diarrhea or Constipation may
be symptom or the two may alternate.
There are often Hemmorrhoids or even
loss of blood. There may be giddiness
and often headache and acidity or fiatu.
lence and tenderness in the pit of the
stomach. To correct all this if not effect
cure try Gdeen's august Flo,rer, it cost
but trifle and thousands attest its effica
CIV,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-11-17
Minimum Army Transportation.


The throwing away of superfluous con-
veniences began at daybreak The old
campaigner knows what to carry and
what to throw away. Each group of
messmates decided which Ratchet, stew
pan or coffee pot should be taken. The
single wagon allowed to battalion car
ried scarcely more than a gripsack and
blanket, and bit of shelter tent about
the size of large towel for each officer,
and only such other material as was nee
essary for regimental business. Trans
portation was reduced to minimum, and
fast marching was to be the order of the
day. Wagons to carry the necessary am
munition in the contingency of battle,
and few days rations in case Of absolute
need, composed the train Of each army
corps, and with one wagon and one ambu-
lance for each regiment made very re-
spectacle ''impedimenta," averaging
about 800 wagons to a corps.-Capt. Dan
iel Oakley in The Century.